Talk:Roy Wilkins

Possible copyvio
Before we put much more work onto the present base, could someone other than just me take a look at and see if you agree that a previous editor has cribbed so much of it (without citing it at all!) as to possibly constitute a copyvio? If so, we should deal with that before building on a compromised foundation. Or perhaps there is a separate public-domain source used by both (if so, also used without citation). -- Jmabel | Talk 08:56, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)


 * The original article from October 15, does appear to be lifted from that site. Although the same information pops up on many sites, not sure how to fix it- beyond editing and adding refs.--nixie 09:17, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * The problem is the history. My suggestion is that unless that text was public domain material merely reposted on that site (I've contacted the original poster to ask), we handle this as a copyvio and start over with a clean history. There's nothing to stop us from referencing that site and using it appropriately, but lifting entire sentences without credit is another matter. If the original poster does not weigh in within about 36 hours of my original remark, I will proceed along those lines. -- Jmabel | Talk 18:54, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)

I've taken out all the copyvios and added a reference which should be useful for any rewrites.--nixie 00:06, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Death date
Sources seem to disagree about whether he died on September 8 or 9, but the consensus seems to be September 8. Does anyone have something they believe would be definitive? -- Jmabel | Talk 05:01, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)

roy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.116.250.168 (talk) 20:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Cause of Death
There also seems to be a disparity in the cause of death - the bio box states 'kidney failure' but the main article quotes the Encyclopaedia Britannica with 'heart failure' as COD. Can they both be correct? Andywebby (talk) 07:29, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Picture with Sammy Davis, Jr and Reporter
In the Sammy Davis, Jr. article here on Wikipedia, the other man in the picture is identified as Walter Reuther who was head of the United Auto Workers.

However, I think that is a mistake on the Sammy Davis, Jr. entry; another picture from this event, which may or may not have been taken on the same shows Reuther wearing the same kind of badge as Wilkins and also the "spread" of Reuther's shirt collar appears different.

Perhaps if we could identify this reporter; that would clear this up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Satchmo Sings (talk • contribs) 02:37, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorely Lacking Proper Punctuation, Grammar And Is Quite Biased
In several of the sections this article is written, or perhaps has been edited, with appalling punctuation, poor grammar and a bias that should be IMMEDIATELY addressed. The VIEWS section being the worse offender, the use of commas and the word "and" are used in an improper and excessive manner. This section is also heavily biased as well as entirely too much focus on Paul Robeson!

There is mention by the WikiProject Countering systemic bias but it would appear no one has done any corrective editing since the request.

There are also links to non-existent pages, as well as inconsistent referencing. --75.17.204.37 (talk) 15:19, 16 June 2012 (UTC) MARIA

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Additional Sub-Heading for Stance on War and Military Involvement
Hello Wikipedians-

My group and I are working on a project in order to make Roy Wilkin's page more comprehensive and well-researched. One of the things we will be doing is adding information to the lead/opening section, finding several new images to put on his page, and include a new sub-heading for his involvement in wars and the military.

I added the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" Wikipedia article to the See Also section, and we will be using some of this information for our new sub-heading and section.

We also noticed the numerous external links that seem to be broken or no longer active. I will be making an edit to remove and clean up several of these links (i.e. "USIE" and "Tri-State Bank")

GrooveJam1626 (talk) 18:13, 5 April 2019 (UTC)